2 DISTINCT TRANSITIONS IN ULTRAFAST SOLID LIQUID-PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS OF GAAS

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SOKOLOWSKITINTEN, K
SCHULZ, H
BIALKOWSKI, J
VONDERLINDE, D
机构
[1] Institut für Laser- und Plasmaphysik, Universität-GH-Essen, Essen 1
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APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING | 1991年 / 53卷 / 03期
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10.1007/BF00324257
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T [工业技术];
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Femtosecond-laser-induced changes of the optical reflectivity and the reflected second harmonic are measured over a wide range of times and laser fluences. Changes of the linear and nonlinear optical properties suggestive of a, transition to a metallic state have been observed. For relatively low fluences these changes take tens of picoseconds to develop. For higher fluences the transition takes place in just a few hundred femtoseconds. Our data suggest that, depending on the laser excitation conditions, two distinctly different types of phase transformations are observed.
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